VMware created the market for virtualizing x86-based servers when it introduced products in 2001. But the company, which EMC acquired in 2003, is no longer the only game in town. In recent years, ...

Without any press announcement or ticker-tape parade, VMware decided to quietly remove the "server" from the VMware ESX Server product line. In case you missed it, VMware's hypervisor product is no ...

VMware's hosted or Type-2 hypervisor has been around for nearly a decade. But has this virtualization platform reached end of life? There has been quite a bit of interesting chatter and a whole lot of ...

The company, whose software lets an Intel server run several operating systems simultaneously, releases new software that supports a much wider variety of computers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

VMware made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, though.

Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the opinions expressed here are strictly his own. He's focused on enterprise IT, especially cloud computing. However, Gordon writes about a wide ...

Companies today are responding to the shaky financial environment by reducing budgets and cutting costs. Meeting reduced budgets often requires reducing equipment and staffing. However, businesses ...

Storage specialist EMC announced plans Monday to acquire VMware, a start-up that sells software to make servers more flexible, for about $635 million in cash. The move will help EMC reach further into ...

VMware Inc. made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, ...